Thanks Simon! > All the existing Digester object creation options > (ObjectCreateRule, FactoryCreateRule) create the target object when the > opening xml tag is found.
I see. In that case, I need to create the Text object when the <text> tag is encountered. The question is, how do I save the information that appears before the <text> tag? <component> <x>10</x> <y>20</y> <text> Hello world </text> </component> I suppose that I could have some kind of dummy ComponentBuilder class which would sit at the root of the stack and save the x/y value. Something like this, maybe: digester.addObjectCreate("component", ComponentBuilder.class); digester.addSetNext("component/x", "addX"); // save x in ComponentBuilder digester.addSetNext("component/y", "addY"); // save y in ComponentBuilder digester.setTopRule("component/text", "setXY"); // initialialize Text.x and Text.y // from values saved in ComponentBuilder digester.addSetNext("component/text", "setComponent"); // stores Text obj in ComponentBuilder obj ComponentBuilder foo = (ComponentBuilder) digester.parse(); Component realResult = foo.getComponent(); It's a bit ugly, but not so bad. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]